Simple Vegetable Garden Layout Your Guide to Planting

Your vegetable garden layout makes planting your vegetable garden
easier. I keep my vegetable garden layouts form year to year as a
reference for the next spring.

In the winter when the snow is flying I get out my pencil and paper
and start to figure out my garden configuration for the coming year.

I start with plotting the size of my garden on paper. I have two
vegetable gardens. The smallest is 20’ x 44’ I keep my garden a simple
rectangle. The shape of your garden is a personal choice. Have fun with
this based on your landscape.

It is best to ornate your rows from east to west. This takes
advantage of the sun tracking across the, sky which give the vegetable
plants the best sun exposure through out the day.

Plant your tallest vegetables in the farthest north end of the plot so they do not shade smaller plants.

Row widths can vary but the wider you make your rows the less
packing down you get when you walk between the rows. Use single or
double rows if you’re irrigating the vegetable garden. This insures each
plant gets adequate water.

Row widths in your home vegetable garden layout can vary from 12 inches
to 30 inches. If you’re watering your garden with sprinklers, a 30 wide
row bed is sensible. This is a comfortable distance to step over when
weeding and planting the garden.

Wide rows offer ideal spacing for most vegetable plants. You can
plant two rows of Green beans or three rows of carrots length wise. You
can also plant smaller succession plantings of lettuce and spinach
across the rows. Once the vegetable plants are mature they shade the row
and decrease weed growth.

12 to 15 inches of path space works well. It provides enough space to
walk between the rows but not so wide that weeding your paths becomes a
chore. The more growing space you have the more vegetable plants you
can grow.

This garden layout is for a 20’ x 44’ garden. They are single rows running north to south.

This is the planted garden from the layout above showing the east side.

The vegetable garden layout does not need to be complicated. A simple
garden layout will give you the same information when it comes to
planting time.

Here is the planted garden from my simple layout

A garden layout helps with plant placement and reminds you where you planted your seeds.

Layouts will help you with your garden rotation from year to year.

I always take a picture of my vegetable garden so I can compare my progress from year to year.

With your garden layout in hand you’re ready to decide which
vegetable garden seeds
to order for the coming spring.